Rod McKuen(1933-2015)

Music Department
Script and Continuity Department
Actor

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Rod McKuen

Rod McKuen was born on 29 April 1933 in Oakland, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), Zodiac (2007) and Better Off Dead (1985). He died on 29 January 2015 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 3 wins & 8 nominations total

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Known for

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

7.6

Composer

1969

Robert Downey Jr., Jake Gyllenhaal, and Mark Ruffalo in Zodiac (2007)

7.7

Soundtrack("Jean")

2007

John Cusack, Curtis Armstrong, Diane Franklin, Tina Littlewood, Yuji Okumoto, and Dan Schneider in Better Off Dead (1985)

Better Off Dead

7.1

Soundtrack("A Man Alone")

1985

A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969)

A Boy Named Charlie Brown

7.3

Music Department(music and lyrics by)

1969

Credits

Music Department

Madonna: Drowned World/Substitute for Love
7.8
Music Video
- background vocals
- 1998
The Unknown War
8.4
TV Mini Series
- additional music
- lyrics
- composer: theme music
- 1978
Emily
4.6
- score vocalist (uncredited)
- 1976
Forever Young, Forever Free
6.9
- lyrics
- 1975
A Boy Named Charlie Brown
7.3
- songs: music and lyrics by
- 1969
Me, Natalie
6.5
- lyrics: songs
- 1969
CBS Television Workshop
6.7
TV Series
- theme and original music composed by
- 1960

Script and Continuity Department

Actor

The Boneyard Collection
3.4
- Rod McKuen (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
- 2008
The Critic
7.8
TV Series
- Rod McKuen (voice)
- 1994
The Little Mermaid
6.7
TV Series
- Archimedes (voice)
- 1993
The Little Mermaid
7.6
- (voice, uncredited)
- 1989
The Don Lane Show
7.2
TV Series
- 1981
Airplane!
7.7
- Bartender (uncredited)
- 1980
The George Burns Show
7.8
TV Series
- Cottonseed Carter
- 1959
General Electric Theater
6.7
TV Series
- Hal
- 1959
Shirley Temple's Storybook
7.3
TV Series
- Simple Simon
- 1958
Wild Heritage
5.6
- Dirk Breslin
- 1958
Summer Love
6.1
- Ox Bentley
- 1958
West Point
6.9
TV Series
- Cadet Tiger Pulaski
- 1957
Rock, Pretty Baby!
6.3
- 'Ox' Bentley
- 1956

Personal details

Official site
- Rod McKuen - A safe place to land
Alternative name
- Dor
Born
- April 29, 1933
- Oakland, California, USA
Died
- January 29, 2015
- Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(pneumonia)
Other works
(1950s) Single: Had a hit with Bob McFadden called "The Mummy." McFadden voiced a mummy walking the streets to buy a copy of "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb" and scaring everyone. McKuen is a beatnik who isn't scared of him. The record is credited to "Bob McFadden and Dor"--Dor being McKuen.
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Did you know

Trivia
His autobiographical book "Finding My Father: One Man's Search for Identity", dealt with his search for his biological father, and was the subject of a nationwide debate on illegitimate births.

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When did Rod McKuen die?
January 29, 2015
How did Rod McKuen die?
Pneumonia
How old was Rod McKuen when he died?
81 years old
Where did Rod McKuen die?
Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
When was Rod McKuen born?
April 29, 1933

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